Alligator found at Grass Valley home during a search by the Nevada County Sheriff's Department. (Photo courtesy The Union)

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Paul Janes and Dina Kupfor, News10/KXTV

GRASS VALLEY, CA - Deputies recovered a stash of weapons and something they never expected to find during a search in Grass Valley on June 5.

Nevada County sheriff's Lt. Steve Tripp said deputies made the discovery while executing a search warrant at a home on the 12000 block of Hallwood Place.

Joshua Kerley, 36, was arrested on June 3 when deputies say he was physically abusing an unidentified woman, as well as destroying furniture and throwing things in the home. The woman's 5 and 4-year-old children both tried to leave the home but Kerley would not let them, said Tripp. ...